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November 25 marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Today also marks the beginning of UN Women‘s #16days of activism campaign which aims to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world. Beginning today, WWDA will be joining the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign…

According to the UN Women, one in three women around the world experience violence in their lifetime, often at the hands of someone they know and trust. Of all women who were victims of homicide globally in 2012, almost half were killed by intimate partners or family members. Compared to our peers, women with disability…

“In 2007, Alice Goltz gave birth to a baby girl. But before she left the hospital, she says two men from the Vermont Department of Children and Families walked into her room. A hospital nurse had tipped them off, she says. The men told Goltz that because of her disability, she couldn’t go home with…

Speak out. Speak up. Please contribute to the Senate Inquiry into Violence and Abuse Against People with Disabilities in Institutional and Residential Settings. Visit: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Violence_abuse_neglect Easy English guide to this inquiry (PDF 813KB) Easy English guide to this inquiry (Word 26KB) Easy English guide to making a submission (PDF 751KB) Easy English guide to making…

STOP THE VIOLENCE AGAINST ABORIGINAL WOMEN AND GIRLS. TAKE THE PLEDGE [Infographic] Image of young female Aboriginal child. Text reads “I have the right to freedom from all forms of violence and abuse”. Take my pledge. changetherecord.org.au ‪#‎ChangeTheRecord‬

[Infographic] Image of hand reaching through prison bars with text overlay which states: “no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”; United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Ratified by Indonesia 28 October 1998. ‪#‎Bali9‬ ‪#‎IStandForMercy‬ ‪#‎RIP‬ wwda.org.au

[Infographic] “Violence perpetrated against people with disability in institutional settings are NOT “service incidents”. They are CRIMES! Please contribute to the Senate Inquiry into Violence and Abuse Against People with Disabilities in Institutional and Residential Settings. Go to: http://www.aph.gov.au/…/Community_Af…/Violence_abuse_neglect